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Comment by posthumous:
but it's also a fashion shot. you could sell that hat with this photo

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Comment by posthumous:
the shadow on her face (and the sunglasses) seems to be a metaphor of a guarded person. What we see best are her hands.

stifled
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Comment by jomari:
Although the top half is so opposite to the bottom half I can see that they both say stifled. I love the blur of the clenching hands.

stayed
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Comment by jomari:
But not staid. Beautiful costume with the sliver of skin making its own statement.

The unbearable lightness of being.
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Comment by jomari:
This is gorgeous, Rachel, and totally suitable for the theme. It shared top spot with Anita's entry in my lineup.

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Comment by krnodil:
nice light and shadow work. I do feel like - and I don't clearly know why I feel this way! - that I would have liked to see more of the upper half of her face in deep shadow, that somehow that would be more striking. Probably goes against every rule in the book of course, for portraiture :)

thinking of it more, I think the reason I feel like we can do without so much face detail is because this shot is all about posture, not about face-portraiture - seeing her face fully distracts from the "point" of the image, so far as I see it, anyway...

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Comment by Ecce_Signum:
Love the hat and the lighting, conversion to B&W works well. I do wonder if the model should be wearing sunglasses under such a wide brim? and woulld like so see more of her eyes :)

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Comment by insteps:
I really enjoy pointing my camera towards a light source so this works for me. Dare I say butterfly ears? I feel he is watching you take the picture. Perfect square composition!

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Comment by posthumous:
as much as anyone, i need to see the whole photo all at once, but I must admit to a thrill when I scrolled down and found those ears.

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Comment by insteps:
You've shown us what we've been missing while admiring the beautiful colors of a parrot. Black and white brings the terrific textures and what a pose!